US7401914B2 - Printing apparatus and method for controlling printing apparatus - Google Patents

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US7401914B2
US7401914B2 US11/146,166 US14616605A US7401914B2 US 7401914 B2 US7401914 B2 US 7401914B2 US 14616605 A US14616605 A US 14616605A US 7401914 B2 US7401914 B2 US 7401914B2
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  • the present invention relates to a printing apparatus capable of a double-sided printing, which prints on both surfaces of a print medium, and also to a method for controlling such a printing apparatus.
  • Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 7-323637 discloses a construction of a paper transport path in an ink jet printer or serial printer which allows a print medium to be printed on the back surface following the front surface printing.
  • This official gazette also discloses a correspondence between print data and a print head.
  • Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 9-327950 discloses an ink jet printer in which a paper transport path and a loop-shaped reversing transport path are merged in front of the print head.
  • a print head is installed at a common transport path following the merged portion of the two transport paths.
  • a one-sided printing is performed on one surface (the front surface).
  • the print medium with one surface printed is then fed in the opposite direction through the reversing transport path for inversion, after which the inverted print medium is again printed now on the other surface (back surface) by the print head.
  • Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 2002-59598 discloses a construction in which a print medium, after being printed on one surface, is transported by a transport belt for front/back inversion and then transported to the print head that prints on the back surface.
  • Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 2003-308183 discloses a printing apparatus control method that processes a plurality of print commands in the printing apparatus capable of double-sided printing.
  • FIG. 6 a common control sequence for a printing apparatus capable of double-sided printing is shown in FIG. 6 .
  • a print medium is supplied from a supply unit (S 602 ) and printing is performed on a front surface of the supplied print medium (S 603 ). Then, the sheet that was printed on one surface is fed through the reversing transport path for inversion and the inverted sheet is fed again (S 604 ). It is checked whether there is print data to be printed (S 605 ). If there is print data, the print data is printed on the back surface (S 606 ). The print mediums that have undergone printing are discharged out of the printing apparatus (S 607 ). A check is made to see if there is still print data (S 608 ). If print data exists, another sheet is supplied from the supply unit and is printed first on the front surface (S 602 -S 607 ).
  • a step S 605 for checking the presence or absence of print data after the inverted sheet is supplied if it is decided that data does not exist, the sheet is discharged.
  • the control sequence checks the presence or absence of print data only after the sheet has undergone the front surface printing and the front/back inversion, for the following reason. Suppose that a print medium, after being printed on the front surface, is discharged as is. When sequential pages are successively printed on both surfaces of a plurality of sheets, the order of the page number on the last discharged sheet does not conform with that of the remaining sheets. To prevent this irregularity, the above control sequence is adopted.
  • a sequence of processing that needs to be executed involves supplying a sheet from the supply unit, printing on one surface and discharging the printed sheet, in that order (S 610 -S 613 ).
  • step S 609 when the specified print job is finished, the control program waits until the next print job is received, regardless of whether the last print job specified a double-sided printing or a one-sided printing.
  • a check is made to see if the print job specifies the double-sided printing (S 601 ), before starting the printing sequence.
  • the printing apparatus described in the above patent documents that can perform a double-sided printing are all designed to perform printing and discharging according the printing specification in a print job.
  • the double-sided printing function is not fully utilized, giving rise to a problem of increased consumption of print media.
  • Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 2003-308183 proposes a printing apparatus which accumulates a plurality of print jobs in a memory means in the apparatus, making it possible to ignore the printing specification of each print job in executing a one-sided or double-sided printing.
  • this apparatus needs to accumulate print jobs successively in a memory means, there is a drawback that this arrangement can only be applied to those print jobs that are scheduled in advance.
  • An object of this invention is to provide a printing apparatus and a printing apparatus control method with high level of usability and economy, which can effectively utilize a double-sided printing function and thereby properly execute a double-sided printing on a print medium even when a plurality of print jobs are received irregularly.
  • this invention is characterized by the following aspects.
  • the invention provides a printing apparatus comprising a transport means for transporting a print medium along a transport path; printing means for printing on the print medium at a predetermined print position in the transport path; discharge means for discharging the print medium from the transport path; and double-sided printing control means for controlling the transport means, the printing means and the discharge means to execute a double-sided printing to print on a first surface and a second surface of the print medium; wherein the double-sided printing control means can select between a first mode and a second mode, wherein, in the first mode, the double-sided printing control means discharges all print mediums that have been printed according to a print command, wherein, in the second mode, when the printing of a last page of print data based on a preceding print command is ended on the first surface of a print medium, the double-sided printing control means does not discharge the print medium by the discharge means, but makes the print medium, whose first surface was printed, stand by in the transport path to wait for an input of a next
  • the invention provides a printing apparatus comprising: transport means for transporting a print medium along a transport path; printing means for printing on the print medium at a predetermined print position in the transport path; discharge means for discharging the print medium from the transport path; and double-sided printing control means for controlling the transport means, the printing means and the discharge means to execute a double-sided printing to print on a first surface and a second surface of the print medium; wherein, when the printing of a last page of print data based on a preceding print command is ended on the first surface of a print medium, the double-sided printing control means does not discharge the print medium by the discharge means, but makes the print medium, whose first surface was printed, stand by in the transport path and, if a next print command is input, prints a first page of print data based on the next print command on the second surface of the print medium that was standing by.
  • the invention provides a method for controlling a printing apparatus, wherein the printing apparatus includes: transport means for transporting a print medium along a transport path; printing means for printing on the print medium at a predetermined print position in the transport path; discharge means for discharging the print medium from the transport path; and double-sided printing control means for controlling the transport means, the printing means and the discharge means to execute a double-sided printing to print on a first surface and a second surface of the print medium; the printing apparatus control method comprising the step of: selecting one of a plurality of modes, including a first mode and a second mode, to execute the double-sided printing; wherein the first mode is a mode in which all print mediums that have been printed according to a print command are discharged by the discharge means; wherein the second mode is a mode in which, when the printing of a last page of print data based on a preceding print command is ended on the first surface of a print medium, the print medium whose first surface was printed is not discharged by the discharge means
  • the invention provides a method for controlling a printing apparatus, wherein the printing apparatus includes: transport means for transporting a print medium along a transport path; printing means for printing on the print medium at a predetermined print position in the transport path; discharge means for discharging the print medium from the transport path; and double-sided printing control means for controlling the transport means, the printing means and the discharge means to execute a double-sided printing to print on a first surface and a second surface of the print medium; the printing apparatus control method comprising the step of: controlling the transport means, the printing means and the discharge means by the double-sided printing control means so that when the printing of a last page of print data based on a preceding print command is ended on the first surface of a print medium, the print medium whose first surface was printed is not discharged by the discharge means but is made to stand by in the transport path to wait for an input of a next print command, and print data based on the next print command is printed on the print medium that was standing by.
  • the first surface means one of the two surfaces of a print medium that is printed first. This is also called a front surface in the following description.
  • the second surface of the print medium means a surface that is printed following the first surface and this is also called a back surface in the following description.
  • this invention even if a plurality of print jobs are received irregularly, print mediums are prevented from being discharged each time individual print jobs are executed. This allows the double-sided printing to be performed consecutively for a plurality of print jobs. Therefore, this invention can reduce the consumption of print medium significantly when compared with the conventional apparatus. At the same time it is not necessary to provide a memory means of large capacity to store a plurality of print jobs in advance as it has been with the conventional apparatus. These in turn make the construction of the apparatus less expensive and greatly improve usability and economy of the printing apparatus
  • the user can selectively discharge a print medium after the sheet has undergone only the front surface printing, in order to terminate the double-side printing.
  • FIG. 1 is a flow chart showing a sequence of operations performed by a printing apparatus in an embodiment of this invention
  • FIG. 2 is a vertical side cross-sectional view showing an inner construction of the printing apparatus in the embodiment of this invention
  • FIGS. 3A , 3 B and 3 C are vertical side cross-sectional views showing how a print medium moves during a double-sided printing performed by the printing apparatus in the embodiment of this invention
  • FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a control unit of the printing apparatus in the embodiment of this invention.
  • FIG. 5 is a plan view showing an operation panel in the embodiment of this invention.
  • FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing a general control sequence executed by a printing apparatus capable of a conventional double-sided printing.
  • the printing apparatus used in this embodiment is a so-called serial-type ink jet printing apparatus which forms an image on a print medium by ejecting ink from a print head mounted on a carriage reciprocally scanned over the print medium.
  • FIG. 2 is a vertical side cross-sectional view showing an inner construction of the ink jet printing apparatus.
  • denoted 1 is a print head which as a printing means prints on a print medium 19 according to print data.
  • the print head 1 in this embodiment is an ink jet print head that ejects ink onto a print medium for image forming.
  • Designated 2 is a carriage that carries the print head 1 and reciprocally travels in a main scan direction (perpendicular to a plane of the drawing).
  • An ink tank 3 supplies ink to the ink jet print head 1 mounted on the carriage 2 .
  • a carriage shaft 4 works as a guide for the carriage 2 to perform the main scan.
  • a carriage guide 5 guides the carriage 2 along with the carriage shaft 4 .
  • a transport roller 6 is installed upstream, in the print medium transport direction, of an area where the ink jet print head 1 performs printing on a print medium.
  • a follower roller 7 rotates with the transport roller 6 as they hold and feed the print medium.
  • a first discharge roller 8 is located downstream, in the print medium transport direction, of the area where the print head 1 prints on the print medium.
  • a first discharge follower roller 9 rotates with the first discharge roller 8 as they grip the print medium.
  • Denoted 10 is a second discharge roller 10 installed downstream of the first discharge roller 8 in the print medium transport direction.
  • a second discharge follower roller 11 rotates with the second discharge roller 10 as they hold the print medium.
  • Denoted 13 is a print medium support member installed at a print position where the print head 1 performs printing on the print medium.
  • Designated 20 is a chassis that provides a structure of the printing apparatus.
  • Designated 15 is a paper stacker on which sheets of print medium P are stacked.
  • a supply roller 14 supplies the print medium from the paper stacker 15 to the transport roller 6 .
  • a separation member 23 separates only one sheet at a time from a pile of print mediums placed on the paper stacker 15 as the print medium P is fed by the supply roller 14 .
  • a pressure plate 16 urges the sheets of print medium P stacked on the paper stacker 15 toward the supply roller 14 .
  • a pressure plate spring 17 produces a pressing force to urge the pressure plate 16 toward the supply roller 14 .
  • a paper guide member 18 guides a front end of the print medium P on the paper stacker 15 toward the supply roller 14 and the separation member 23 .
  • a guide member 12 guides the print medium fed by the supply roller 14 toward the transport roller 6 .
  • Designated 41 , 43 are reversing guide members that form a reversing loop path 45 which reverse the front and back surface of the print medium 19 after the front surface has been printed.
  • Denoted 42 , 44 are reversing rollers that transport the print medium in the reversing loop path 45 .
  • a paper end sensor 21 is installed between the transport roller 6 and the supply roller 14 and detects when the front and rear end of the print medium pass and at the same time outputs a predetermined signal.
  • Denoted 22 is a control unit which controls an overall operation of the printing apparatus, and its configuration will be described later by referring to FIG. 4 .
  • the print medium P is transported along a path (first transport path) indicated by an arrow in FIG. 3A from the paper stacker 15 , during which time the print head 1 prints on the front surface (first surface) of the print medium.
  • the print medium P supplied from the paper stacker 15 by the supply roller 14 is guided along the guide member 12 and held between the transport roller 6 and the follower roller 7 . Then, the print medium is fed by the rotation of these rollers 6 , 7 onto the print medium support member 13 facing the print head 1 .
  • the paper end sensor 21 detects the front end of the print medium P and sends its output to the control unit 22 .
  • the control unit 22 upon receiving the detection signal from the paper end sensor 21 , causes the carriage 2 together with the print head 1 to perform a main scan over the print medium P fed to the print medium support member 13 and at the same time causes the print head 1 to eject ink, thus progressively forming an image on the front surface of the print medium P.
  • the print medium P formed with an image by the print head 1 passes the print medium support member 13 and is held between the first discharge roller 8 , that rotates in synchronism with the transport roller 6 , and the first discharge follower roller 9 and then between the second discharge roller 10 provided downstream of the first discharge roller 8 in the transport direction and the second discharge follower roller 11 . As these rollers rotate in the forward direction, the print medium P is moved toward a discharge unit. If the print medium P is to be printed on only the front surface, the print medium P is discharged out of the apparatus onto the discharge unit by the rotation of the second discharge roller 10 and the second discharge follower roller 11 .
  • the print medium P held between the discharge rollers 8 , 10 and the discharge follower rollers 9 , 11 is now fed along a path (second transport path) indicated by arrow a 2 and arrow a 3 in FIG. 3B and FIG. 3C , during which time the print medium P is printed on its back surface by the print head 1 .
  • the print medium P is moved in a direction reverse to that of the front surface printing.
  • the print medium P passes over the print medium support member 13 and is held between the transport roller 6 and the follower roller 7 , both of which are rotating in the reverse direction. Then, the print medium P is fed by the rotation of these rollers into a reversing loop path 45 (see FIG. 3B ).
  • the print medium that was fed into the reversing loop path 45 is transported through the reversing loop path 45 by the rotation of two reversing rollers 42 , 44 installed in the path 45 toward the transport roller 6 and the follower roller 7 (see FIG. 3C ).
  • the print medium P is turned upside down with the front and rear end reversed.
  • the print medium P that has reached between the transport roller 6 and the follower roller 7 is held between them, whose rotating directions are already switched to the forward direction, and thus is fed to the print medium support member 13 .
  • the print head 1 performs printing according to the paper end detection timing of the paper end sensor 21 to form an image on the back surface of the print medium P.
  • the print medium P printed on its back surface is now discharged onto the discharge unit not shown by the rotation of the first discharge roller 8 and first discharge follower roller 9 and of the second discharge roller 10 and second discharge follower roller 11 .
  • control unit 22 of the printing apparatus in this embodiment will be described by referring to the block diagram of FIG. 4 .
  • Designated 26 is a microprocessor-based CPU which is connected to a host computer 25 via an interface 27 .
  • the CPU 26 controls the printing operation according to a control program stored in a read-only-type program memory 28 (e.g., control program to execute the double-sided printing shown in FIG. 1 ) and print data sent from the host computer 25 and stored in a random-access:type buffer memory 29 . That is, the CPU 26 based on the control program stored in the ROM 28 controls a CR motor 36 and a LF motor 37 through motor drivers 34 , 35 . Further, based on a control program stored in the ROM 28 and print information stored in the RAM 29 , the CPU 26 controls the print head 1 through a head driver 33 .
  • a control program stored in the ROM 28 and print information stored in the RAM 29 the CPU 26 controls the print head 1 through a head driver 33 .
  • the LF motor 37 may be a pulse motor or other type of motor that can count the amount of rotation, such as an encoded DC motor.
  • the rotation of the LF motor 37 is transmitted, through a drive force transmission mechanism not shown, to the supply roller 14 , transport roller 6 , first discharge roller 8 , second discharge roller 10 and reversing rollers 42 , 44 .
  • Denoted 30 is an SD-RAM, a rewritable, nonvolatile memory that retains information even when power supply is cut off.
  • Denoted 31 is an operation panel to accept operations on the part of the user.
  • FIG. 5 shows a configuration of the operation panel 31 .
  • the operation panel 31 has a power switch 58 for the printing apparatus; a power LED 51 indicating an on/off state of the power of the printing apparatus selected by the power switch 58 ; a resume/reset switch 57 to resume a suspended operation of the printing apparatus after the printing apparatus has failed or necessary recovery steps have been taken or to reset the state of the printing apparatus; a resume/reset LED 52 indicating whether a resume/reset operation is necessary; a double-sided printing selection switch 56 to select a double-sided printing as a print mode regardless of the content of a print job instructed by the host computer 25 ; a double-sided printing selection LED 53 indicating whether the double-sided printing is selected; and a front surface LED 54 and a back surface LED 55 indicating whether a front surface or a back surface of the print medium is being printed during the double-sided printing.
  • a print job (print command) is instructed by the host computer 25
  • the print job is transmitted through a printer driver 25 a on the host computer 25 .
  • the print job is sent through the interface 27 and stored in a reception buffer in the RAM 29 .
  • the print job sent from the host computer to the printing apparatus includes a command instructing whether to execute a one-sided printing or a double-sided printing, a command associated with other printing operations and print data to be printed.
  • the print data may cover a print area as large as more than one page of print medium.
  • the print data is sent from the host computer 25 through the printer driver 25 a and interface 27 and successively stored in the reception buffer in the RAM 29 .
  • the control unit 22 of the printing apparatus first checks if the double-sided printing selection switch 56 is depressed to select the double-sided printing mode (S 101 ). If it is decided that the double-sided printing selection switch 56 is depressed and that the double-sided printing is selected, the control unit 22 then checks if the print job instructed by the host computer 25 specifies the double-sided printing (S 102 ). When it is decided that the print job does not specify the double-sided printing, the control unit changes the print job to the double-sided printing specification (S 103 ).
  • the double-sided printing specification means a printing specification which starts printing from the front end of odd-numbered pages and, for the even-numbered pages, reverses the print data 180 degrees and begins printing from the rear end of the page.
  • printing may be performed by reversing through 180 degrees the order of storing the print data for the even-numbered pages in the reception buffer, with respect to the order of storing the print data for odd-numbered pages, or by storing in the reception buffer the print data for both the odd-numbered pages and the even-numbered pages in the same order but reversing the order of reading the odd-numbered pages and the even-numbered pages from the reception buffer by 180 degrees.
  • the specification change operation may be done on the printing apparatus side as described above, it can also be performed on the host computer 25 side by giving the host computer 25 information that the double-sided printing selection switch 56 is depressed. In that case, the host computer 25 checks whether the double-sided printing is set. If the double-sided printing is found to be set, the print data for a plurality of pages included in the print job is changed to the double-sided printing specification and the modified print data is transferred from the host computer 25 to the printing apparatus one line at a time.
  • the printing apparatus is provided with a reception buffer with a capacity large enough to receive at least one line of print data. The one line of print data received is stored in this reception buffer.
  • control unit decides whether the print medium that was printed on the front surface is held between the discharge rollers 8 , 9 and the discharge follower rollers 9 , 11 and is waiting to be printed on its back surface (S 104 ).
  • the print medium that was printed on the front surface is transported in the opposite direction by reversing the rotation of the transport roller 6 and follower roller 7 , the first discharge roller 8 and first discharge follower roller 9 , and the second discharge roller 10 and the second discharge follower roller 11 and introduced into the reversing loop path 45 .
  • the print medium is inverted, with its upper surface facing down and its front end facing rearward, and fed to the transport roller 6 (S 108 ).
  • the print medium is then printed on its back surface as it is transported by the transport roller 6 and follower roller 7 , the first discharge roller 8 and first discharge follower roller 9 and the second discharge roller 10 and second discharge follower roller 11 (S 109 ).
  • the print medium is fed onto the discharge unit of the printing apparatus by the first discharge roller 8 and first discharge follower roller 9 and the second discharge roller 10 and second discharge follower roller 11 (S 110 ).
  • step Sill finds no further data for the next page in the RAM 29 as the reception buffer, the control program waits for another print job (S 112 ) and, when the next print job is demanded by the host computer 25 , repeats the sequence beginning with S 101 .
  • step S 107 if, with the front surface printing completed, there is no print data for the next page in the RAM 29 as the reception buffer, it is decided that the current print job is finished. In this case, the control program waits for the next print job without discharging the print medium (S 124 ). During this wait for another print job, it is monitored whether the resume/reset switch 57 is pressed (S 121 ). If the resume/reset switch 57 is found to be depressed, the print medium is discharged (S 122 ). After the resume/reset switch 57 has been depressed and the print medium discharged, the control program waits for another print job (S 123 ). When the next print job is demanded by the host computer 25 , the sequence beginning with S 101 is again initiated.
  • the print medium discharge sequence that is executed upon the depressing of the resume/reset switch 57 assumes the following situation. That is, in the case where the double-sided printing selection switch 56 is pressed in the printing apparatus to make a setting that executes the double-sided printing irrespective of the printing specification of the print job so that a plurality of print jobs are executed successively, a situation is contemplated where, when a particular print job is completed, a sheet of print medium printed on only its front surface and kept standing by in the transport path is discharged so that the relevant printed sheets can be picked up as one printed document. For example, this sequence is effectively applied where one makes a search on the Web and wishes to finish the printing operation when the relevant home page data is printed out, in order to pick up the relevant printed data as one printed material.
  • step S 104 if, when a print job is demanded by the host computer 25 , there is a print medium in the transport path waiting for the back surface printing, the print data is reversed 180 degrees as described earlier in order to begin with the back surface printing (S 113 ).
  • the reversing of the print data is done so that the images printed on the front and back surfaces of the print medium are oriented in the same longitudinal directions. That is, when there is a print medium standing by in the transport path, print data for odd-numbered pages is printed on the back surfaces in the next print job. At this time, the odd-numbered pages are printed from the rear end, while the even-numbered pages are printed from the front end.
  • reversing the print data enables the images printed on the front and back surfaces of the print medium to be oriented in the same longitudinal directions.
  • This processing may be performed either by the host computer 25 by giving it information that the double-sided printing selection switch 56 on the printing apparatus is depressed, or by the printing apparatus.
  • step S 114 the print medium, that has finished the front surface printing and is standing by, is now fed in the opposite direction into the reversing loop path 45 by reversing the rotation of the transport roller 6 and follower roller 7 , the first discharge roller 8 and first discharge follower roller 9 , and the second discharge roller 10 and second discharge follower roller 11 .
  • the print medium is inverted into a facedown orientation with the front end facing rearward and again fed to the transport roller 6 (S 114 ).
  • the transport roller 6 and follower roller 7 , the first discharge roller 8 and first discharge follower roller 9 , and the second discharge roller 10 and second discharge follower roller 11 are rotated in the forward direction to advance the print medium as the print head 1 performs the printing scan to form an image on the back surface of the print medium (S 115 ).
  • the forward rotation of the first discharge roller 8 and first discharge follower roller 9 and the second discharge roller 10 and second discharge follower roller 11 transports the print medium onto the discharge unit of the printing apparatus (S 116 ).
  • control processing waits for the next print job (S 123 ).
  • the sequence beginning with S 101 is again initiated.
  • step S 117 decides that the print job is finished, the control processing waits for another print job (S 112 ).
  • the sequence beginning with S 101 is repeated.
  • the double-sided printing selection switch 56 in the printing apparatus is found not depressed and the double-sided print mode is thus determined to be not selected, the printing operation is performed according to the printing specification of individual print jobs received (S 125 ).
  • the printing apparatus of this embodiment it is possible to selectively execute either the first mode, which executes the one-sided printing or double-sided printing according to a print job, or the second mode, which always performs the double-sided printing irrespective of the content of print job.
  • depressing the resume/reset switch 57 enables the double-sided printing to be terminated as desired. This substantially improves the ease of use on the part of the user, allowing for a printing operation that takes full advantage of the double-sided printing function provided in the printing apparatus.
  • the double-sided printing selection switch 56 is provided on the operation panel in the printing apparatus.
  • the printer driver installed on the host computer 25 to receive print commands for the printing apparatus from the host computer 25 may of course be provided with a function similar to the double-sided printing selection switch 56 .
  • the present invention is not restricted to a printing apparatus employing the ink jet printing system described in the above embodiment but is also applicable to printing apparatus using other printing systems, such as wire dot system, heat transfer system and laser beam printing system.

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